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When a child was baptised, sometimes the mother was described as a ‘a native woman’
The following views are mainly taken from the India List
*The term’ native woman’ applied to Hindu or tribal women [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-08/1249564449 link]
*There was also a term ‘Bunnoo native woman’. Bunnoo or Banoo or Bunnoa is an area in Eastern Afghanistan, but a researcher advised more often the term implied a Muslim (of any northern origin).
*This [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-08/1249525160 link] discussed a possible Persian/Parsee connection
*If there was a marriage in a church, the wife had become a Christian. More details in this [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-08/1249623472 link]
[[Category:Non-British Ancestors]]
